Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 313: Ten Pillars and Old Dreams
"Spread this symbol?"

Cattleya frowned slightly, "What's so special about it? What should my crew members pay attention to when spreading this symbol?"

"You can learn from the Aurora Society and spread the theory about the end of the world and salvation."

Albert Gnostic explained calmly, "The specific method is up to you. You can hire someone to do it, or you can do it yourself. In short, I hope that within a year, this symbol will appear in every coastal city."

"You want me to circle the entire coastline of the northern continent within a year?" Cattleya was both angry and amused. "That's not very realistic."

Even the fleets of the four kings and seven generals were reluctant to make long-term sailing plans easily. With a fixed safe channel, if they sailed according to the established plan for a long time, it would be easy for the navy to determine their destination, causing useless disputes.

Moreover, it was not something that any fleet could accomplish to sail around the continent. For pirate ships, the supply points along the way were also crucial. In strange countries and strange coastal cities, even pirate generals found it difficult to obtain the necessary supplies quietly, and disputes were inevitable.

Of course, the coastal cities’ combat power could not withstand the fleet of the “Queen of Stars”, but if combined with the previous point, it would be fatal: after revealing their purpose through multiple robberies, it was very likely that the demigods of the church who had been ambushed would be waiting for Cattleya at the next stop.

"You can split the fleet into two groups and set out in two opposite directions at the same time to spread the secret wisdom."

Albert Gnostic ignored Cattleya's concerns about safety and answered the question irrelevantly.

"Don't worry about time. We have another pirate general spreading this knowledge on the other side of the continent. Once the two of you meet, the mission will be accomplished."

"Another pirate general?" Cattleya raised her head in confusion, and her spirit scanned everyone present.

Under the gaze of the Queen of Stars, a man in a black robe who was not very noticeable and was sitting at the last seat stood up. It was only then that Cattleya noticed that the man's face was one she had never seen before and he was not one of the original Ten Pillars.

"The original tenth pillar, 'Materialism', was called upon by the sage, and his worldly affairs in the world were temporarily taken over by Limanu Jin, who you can call 'Shadow Lieutenant General'."

The ten pillars of the Order of Moses have their own synonyms, starting with the first pillar "atheism", followed by "stupidity", "rejection", "insensitivity", "cruelty", "ugliness", "lust", "greed", "instability" and "materialism".

Cattleya's code name is "Rejection". It was when she broke away from the mysterious queen and joined the Moss Ascetic Order to try to fight against her. This title has been with her until now.

Of course, not everyone's code name is as suitable as Cattleya's. For example, Pope Albert Gnostic's code name is "Stupid", but His sequence name is "Sage", which sounds quite ironic, but not without reason.

After Gnostic's introduction, the thin Limanu King bowed to everyone present and sat back in his chair.

"Does the Witch Cult have any objection to this?" Cattleya frowned. As the last pirate general supported by the Moss Ascetic Order, it would not be surprising for her to ask such a question.

"He has other things to worry about."

The Gnostic replied vaguely, "I hope that the red evil spirit will not disappoint the sage."

Red Evil Spirit? Cattleya secretly memorized this name in her heart.

When Mr. Fool mentioned Bansi Harbor to the members of the Tarot Club before, he mentioned this Red Evil Spirit. According to Xio’s guess, He may have obtained the “Conqueror” attribute from the Witch Cult, and is now at least a Sequence 2 angel.

I hope He hasn’t completed the ceremony to advance to Sequence 1… “Conqueror”, just from the name, we know that this is a sequence that is inseparable from disputes, and the ceremony of advancement must also be related to conquest.

However, the only place still worth conquering is the Southern Continent... If He wants to digest it, then the next step must be the Southern Continent!

Cattleya was confident and made a quick judgment.

"If there are no objections, then Materialism will march westward from the northern part of the Kingdom of Loen, and Rejection will march eastward from the area around Feysac. We will meet in the Inter-Sea region first, and then continue to spread this symbol."

Albert Gnostic turned his gaze towards Cattleya and Limanu, who responded hastily.

"When I leave here, the fleet will move westward and may reach the Inter-Sea area before you."

Limanu nodded to Cattleya and said, "Before that, I will try to find a way to... you know, 'get' some supplies from the coastal cities."

"You want to get supplies in the Inter-Sea area?" Cattleya's eyes looked a little strange, as if she had heard something incredible.

"Shipping has recently resumed there. You are very ill-informed."

Limanu smiled and said, "There will be a lot of money to be made in the next area. It will be much more valuable than the last village."

"Oh, really?" Cattleya nodded noncommittally. "In that case, I wish you good luck. I guess you must have suffered a lot of losses when you 'killed' Tracy. I won't compete with you for the business here."

After hearing what Cattleya said, Limanu's expression changed slightly. After all, this place was not above the gray fog, and there was no eternal gray fog blocking it, so Cattleya could see all the changes in Limanu's expression.

It seems that Tracy's influence in the Pirates has not been completely eliminated. Taking over the power is not a trivial matter for Limanu even in Tracy's absence...

After thinking about it secretly, Cattleya decided to wait until the summoning ceremony was lifted and immediately find a way to notify "Justice" and "The Queen". One of them was in Conston in the Sea of ​​​​Break, and the other's power covered the entire Sea of ​​​​Break, so that they could take precautions early and avoid unnecessary civilian casualties.

As for Limanu... I can only wish him good luck as a colleague.

"The time is almost up, pray to Him."

Nosty glanced at everyone, then tapped the stone table gently. The pillars slowly stood up, covered their eyes with one hand, pressed their chests with the other, performed the ritual of the Moss Ascetic Order, and chanted softly:
“From Him we came, and to Him we go.”

……

Meanwhile, it was already late at night in Port Berens. Adele felt extremely tired physically and mentally because of what happened during the day, so she quickly went to bed with her clothes on and made herself a cup of steaming hot black tea with two lemon slices in it.

Just after taking two sips, she heard a knock on the door. She subconsciously got out of bed and wanted to open the door, but halfway through she reacted and grabbed her navy coat to cover the parts that shouldn't be exposed, and then walked to the door.

"It's me, Wendy." A familiar tired female voice sounded, "There are no good rooms at the shipyard. Our cabin has just been repaired, and my sheets are now full of shavings, so I came back..."

Adele opened the door and Wendy stumbled into the room, grabbed Adele's tea from the table and drank it all in one gulp, so fast that Adele didn't even have time to stop her.

Then she screamed in pain from the burns. Adele quickly used her ability to create a small piece of ice and asked Wendy to hold it in her mouth.

"The kingdom stationed an 'ancient alchemist' in the Port of Berens. The little creatures she created with her life replaced most of the people's work. You didn't see the scene, so it's hard to explain to you what happened at the time..."

Wendy held an ice cube in her mouth and gestured with her hands while explaining the situation to Adele with difficulty. "Although she didn't come in person, those living steel golems really helped a lot. In just one day, the ship has been basically repaired. After loading weapons tomorrow, we can set off immediately."

"I would rather they move slower. After this day's experience, I can't really tell whether I feel more relaxed or more tired. I think I need to rest for a while."

Adele complained.

"Yes, but I don't have such troubles, because I am one thousand percent sure that I am more tired than before."

Wendy rolled her eyes and lay down on Adele's camp bed, moaning lazily.

Adele hesitated for a moment, pulled out another spare camp bed from behind the cabinet, and randomly put two cushions on the sofa to spread it out.

By the way, this is also one of the means used by the naval base to defraud funds. A spare bed is prepared in every room. In theory, this is to provide more beds for wounded soldiers in wartime.

It sounds quite good, but the proposer did not seem to have considered that it is unlikely that the logistics base will be overcrowded with wounded soldiers. Even if there is a situation, it will be the hospital department that will worry about it, not the soldiers' dormitories. What's more, when encountering similar problems, officers often solve the problem by sleeping on the floor.

However, it must be said that this spare bed really helped Adele a lot. By the time she moved the bed out from behind the closet, Wendy had already fallen asleep.

"This period of time is still too exciting for an archaeologist, right?"

Adele lay down on the spare bed, covering herself with her coat, and whispered softly to the sleeping Wendy.

"Being kidnapped for no apparent reason, joining a gang, working for an unknown Beyonder, being involved in a secret plan of an evil organization, and then being blown out of the seafloor by a waterspout while on a boat. If written into a novel, it would definitely be a great story."

"Okay, I admit that I'm just making small talk, but I hope this will help me calm down faster... After all, I've been through these things with you, maybe even more than you, so it's inevitable that I'll have some mood swings in this situation."

Wendy didn't react and looked really exhausted.

"Okay, good night then." Adele said to herself and fell asleep.

Adele was sleeping soundly when she was suddenly awakened by the noisy sound outside the door. She opened the door in confusion, but found that what faced the door was not a corridor, but a magnificent city that was both familiar and unfamiliar to Adele.

Unlike any city Adele had ever seen, this city was filled with a sharp sense of conflict.

The houses on both sides of the street collapsed, crimson liquid flowed out from the broken beams, the trees on the roadside were burning, and iron-gray clouds blocked the sun, making the city eerie and terrifying.

However, twisted small trees grew on the ruins of collapsed houses, small animals were running around licking the liquid flowing from under the beams, some people were huddled under the burning roadside trees to keep warm, and even the iron-gray clouds seemed to have both the incompatible qualities of terror and warmth.

Adele had seen this city before. It was a replica of the city on Bimini Island. However, whether compared with it long ago or now, the city in front of her had many differences from the city Adele knew.

“It looks like… the city at different times superimposed on each other.”

Adele murmured to herself. She was now almost awake and knew that she was dreaming, a very real dream.

The content of this dream was so different from reality that Adele realized she was in a dream the moment she saw it. However, when she looked closely, she found that the shadows of the real city were everywhere.

A wonderful feeling urged Adele to move forward and walk to the bottom of the collapsed building, where it was supported by a lush beech tree, allowing the two collapsed buildings to achieve a wonderful state of mutual support.

Countless strange aerial roots spread out from the thick tree trunks, with countless dried corpses hanging on them.

Adele had seen all this before when she was still in Bimini, so she was not too surprised to interrupt her dream, but continued to move closer to the beech tree, trying to see it more carefully.

By the light of the fire burning near the building, Adele was surprised to find that all the bodies were faceless.

Just as she was about to rub her eyes to see more clearly, a strong wind blew by, dispersing the clouds, and the crimson moonlight slanted down, shining on the faces of the corpses.

In an instant, all the faces seemed to turn to face Adele, and every face showed Adele's face, some shriveled and withered, some lifelike!
Adele woke up suddenly and sat up in bed. She saw the crimson moonlight shining through the curtains, the bookshelf and the desk, and Wendy lying in the bed next to her. She was sure once again that her nightmare was over, and there were knocks on her door.

What did I dream about?
As a "witch", although Adele was not as good at interpreting similar intentions as the fortune teller, she would never underestimate any similar signs. Moreover, she could guess the meaning of this sign.

The city of disaster...

After calming down her fear, Adele struggled to get out of bed, only to find that she had only slept for less than two hours, which made her even more depressed.

(ps: Happy birthday to myself)

(End of this chapter)